Subscribe to this tag Ron Silver Was Articulate, Energetic and Made the Left to Right Political Journey
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - March 16, 2009
The actor and political activist understood public policy and the importance of fighting barbarism.
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Downscale Voters Aren't Marrying, Forming Families—Republicans Should Go Upscale
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - March 16, 2009
Those voters aren't marrying and aren't forming families, so the values argument won't work with them.
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The Left Pushes Secular Religions: Global Warming, Embryonic Stem Cell Research
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - March 16, 2009
The cultural left is secular when it comes to conventional religion, but pushes their own variety.
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How Detroit's Big Three Automakers Screwed Up
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - March 13, 2009
A lecture by Joseph B. White explains how the Detroit automakers arrived at the sad state they're in.
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Republicans Should Target Upscale Voters Unhappy With the Obama Economy
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - March 12, 2009
Upscale voters went for Obama in November, but may now provide an opportunity for the GOP.
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Low Income Families Hurt By Ill-Conceived, Anti-China Consumer Safety Law
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - March 12, 2009
The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act is keeping products off the shelves of thrift shops.
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Men More Likely to Lose Their Jobs Than Women
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - March 12, 2009
Men are the hardest hit by the economic downturn.
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Withering Criticism of Obama From a Supporter
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - March 12, 2009
Obama's failure on the financial crisis raises two equally depressing possibilities.
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The Financial Crisis—Assessing Who's to Blame and SEC's Chris Cox's Role
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - March 11, 2009
Who's responsible for the financial crisis?
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Texas Has Foreclosure Lessons, Especially for Nevada, Arizona, Florida, California
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - March 11, 2009
We should look at how Texas avoided the foreclosure crisis.
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Obama's Tax Policy Will Revive the Jimmy Carter Economy
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Michael Barone
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Opinion - March 11, 2009
Markets are made up of animal spirits that Obama just doesn't know how to harness.
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Alan Greenspan Responds to My Yesterday Blog Post on the Financial Crisis
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - March 11, 2009
Greenspan takes on John Taylor's arguments on the roots of the housing bubble.
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New Hampshire Has the Most Freedom, New York the Least in New State Rankings
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - March 10, 2009
The lack of correlation between personal and economic freedom is surprising.
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A Good Case for A Revote in the Coleman-Franken Minnesota Senate Race
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - March 10, 2009
There's a good case for a revote, but Al Franken will most likely take the Senate seat.
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Ad Hoc Fed, Treasury Acts Caused the Financial Crisis, Not Deregulation, Tax Cuts
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - March 10, 2009
Obama and others are wrong to blame the financial crisis on deregulation.
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Back to the Future on Online News
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - March 9, 2009
In 1981 it cost $10 to download the newspaper.
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Britain's Double Standard on Islamist Extremist is National Suicide
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - March 9, 2009
Britain's policy on hate speech is nothing short of national suicide.
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Why Don't the Unemployed In Detroit Get Jobs in Ann Arbor? They Lack the Skills
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - March 9, 2009
Why don't the unemployed in Detroit work in Ann Arbor? Presumably they don't have the skills.
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When Will Microsoft Word Stop Making Obama Into Osama?
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - March 9, 2009
Barack Obama is our president, not "Barrack Osama".
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Minnesota Voters Are Split on Whether to Redo the Coleman-Franken Senate Election
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - March 6, 2009
Minnesotans expect Franken to win but are split on whether there should be a new vote.
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Detroit's Racial Intolerance: John Conyers' Wife Banishes White Witnesses
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - March 6, 2009
Detroit City Council shows the city has moved towards intolerance in the years since 1965.
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Obama's Dangerous Appointment to the National Intelligence Council
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - March 6, 2009
There are some remarkable members of the Foreign Service. Chas Freeman is not one of them.
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Obama's Radical Scheme Puts Country At Risk While Financial System Collapses
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - March 6, 2009
Stuart Taylor's right: when the house is burning, there's no time to water the grass.
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The Upscale Party: Obama's Budget Gives Republicans a Shot With Wealthy Voters
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - March 5, 2009
An article on National Review Online takes issue with my theory that Republicans need to go upscale.
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Giving Hope and Change A Historical Context
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Michael Barone
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Michael Barone - March 3, 2009
A Democratic party veteran urges caution on the Obama budget.
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